tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post8973983451166223329..comments2024-03-29T05:13:47.133+00:00Comments on The Speculative Scotsman: News Flashing | The Cape, CowedAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08713791516631476930noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post-45473728398483282162011-02-04T13:37:05.039+00:002011-02-04T13:37:05.039+00:00I don't know. Without something to compensate ...I don't know. Without something to compensate for the visual dynamics lost in the move from panel to screen, the direct translation of tropes *lacks* the tone, spirit and execution to me. It just feels like they've traced the outlines and then inked by numbers. It's maybe not fair to compare Raimi's Spiderman given that it's big screen versus small screen (not to mention budget, star power, etc.,) but I can't help feeling there's a difference right down in the very heart. The Cape doesn't feel like an avid comics fan has thrown himself into capturing the essence of comics. It feels like a tv executive's pastiche of comics.<br /><br />It feels totally televisual to me, even datedly so -- like it belongs somewhere between the 70s superhero shows (Spiderman, Hulk, Wonder Woman) and the 90s The Flash. Shit, it feels like a Glen A. Larson production -- a la Six Million Dollar Man TVM, Magnum PI, The Fall Guy, Knight Rider, Manimal, Automan. It feels like it was made 20 years ago, like they just pulled it from the vaults, slapped some CGI over the dodgy FX and chucked it out into the wilds.Hal Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13834365984949577306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post-75323595266054944242011-02-03T21:12:15.298+00:002011-02-03T21:12:15.298+00:00I'll preface this comment by admitting that I&...I'll preface this comment by admitting that I'm totally clueless: I've never read The Cape, and I've never seen The Cape. That being said, I'm curious about this:<br /><br />"If you're going to say it's "so bad it's good," internet, at least be truthful about what you're trashing: if The Cape is bad, it's bad only in the sense so many of the comic books I presume we all adore are bad."<br /><br />It's possible, surely, to dislike a specific instance or a format that you enjoy? After all, if it were not, we bloggers could just stamp "It's Fantasy" at the bottom of our cover art posts and be done.Nathaniel Katzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12852939663324751332noreply@blogger.com